Mitrani Caballero primarily handles creditor claims - such as debt collections, asset seizures and mortgage foreclosures - throughout high-stakes insolvency, bankruptcy and reorganisation proceedings. The practice also helps distressed companies maximise their chances of financial recovery by taking preventative actions, such as filing reorganisation and judicial insolvency proceedings. The department is led by corporate and commercial litigator Carlos Trogolo Eliçabe, who excels in out-of-court negotiations, litigation and arbitration. Fellow partner, banking and corporate specialist Julio Martínez advises companies on reorganising their debts; while senior associate Julieta Concetti , who has a commercial law focus, frequently handles challenges to creditors' rejected proofs of claims.
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Key clients
- Pbbpolisur
- Provemet
- Bunge
- Complement
- Deutsche Rückversicherung
- Holcim Argentina
- Red Surcos
Work highlights
Advising PBBPolisur on the filing of two lawsuits: one, a mortgage foreclosure against Mario Ernesto Gambarini (in his capacity as President of the Board of Directors of Polinoa); and the other, a pledge foreclosure over company industrial equipment against Polinoa. Both filings have the purpose of recovering existing debts due by said company.
Advising Bunge on a joint investment (together with agroindustry companies Viterra and Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas), into Vicentin, an agroindustry company which filed for a preventive insolvency procedure in February 2020.
Legal advice to Provemet on bankruptcy matters, creditors’ rights and debt collection claims in connection with the court reorganisation proceeding of Sermico, currently ongoing in the provincial jurisdiction of Tucumán.
Practice head
Carlos Trogolo Eliçabe